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GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony Features Nominees Performances!

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GRAMMY night is obviously the biggest night for music, and it’s about to get bigger! They just announced that the GRAMMY Awards Premiere Ceremony will be streamed live at GRAMMY.com on Monday, February 15th.
Performers include: Joey Alexander, The Fairfield Four And Tasha Cobbs, Highly Suspect, The Mavericks, And Takács Quartet 
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Mohr is nominated for Best Comedy Album for Happy. And A Lot. This is his first GRAMMY nomination.

Tasha Cobbs, the Fairfield Four, the Mavericks, and Takács Quartet each have one nod: Cobbs for Best Gospel Album for One Place Live; the Fairfield Four for Best Roots Gospel Album forStill Rockin’ My Soul; the Mavericks for Best Americana Album for Mono; and Takács Quartet for Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance for “Shostakovich: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2” with Marc André Hamelin.

Alexander and Highly Suspect have two nominations each: Alexander for Best Improvised Jazz Solo for “Giant Steps” and Best Jazz Instrumental Album for My Favorite Things; Highly Suspect for Best Rock Song for “Lydia” and Best Rock Album for Mister Asylum.

Schneider also has two nominations: Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album for the Maria Schneider Orchestra’s The Thompson Fields and Best Arrangement, Instruments and Vocals for “Sue (Or In A Season Of Crime).”

Jidenna, La Havas, Reichel and Shankar each have one nomination: Jidenna for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration for “Classic Man” with Roman GianArthur; La Havas for Best Urban Contemporary Album for Blood; Reichel for Best Regional Roots Album for Kawaiokalena; and Shankar for Best World Music Album for Home.

Jacklyn is the Editor In Chief of Stage Right Secrets. Jacklyn's photography and articles can also be found on The Recording Academy's GRAMMY.com GRAMMYPro, GRAMMYU, PopCrush, Taste of Country, among other outlets. Besides press Jacklyn is a "Jack of All Trades" working various jobs at local concerts and touring. JacklynKrol.com